Comprehensive Report: Health, Safety and Security in Social Care

This report provides a comprehensive overview of health, safety, and security in the context of health and social care. It begins by identifying potential hazards, such as global pollution and terrorism, that can negatively impact individual and societal well-being. The report then explores the crucial role of legislation and government in safeguarding citizens' rights, promoting health, and providing social care. It outlines the steps involved in risk assessment, including identifying risks, determining their impact, taking preventive actions, and recording assessments. Furthermore, the report addresses the prioritization and response strategies for specific health and social challenges, such as managing cancer patients and accident cases. The report emphasizes the interconnectedness of these factors in fostering a safe and supportive environment for individuals and the wider community.

HEALTH, SAFETY AND
SECURITY IN HEALTH
AND SOCIAL CARE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
P1. Potential hazard for the health and social care......................................................................1
P2. Role of legislation in social and health well being...............................................................2
P3. Risk assessment in health and social care.............................................................................2
P4. Priorities and responses.........................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Health care and the social well being plays a very crucial role in the development of the
society. A healthy and sound person will work continuously for the betterment of the
family and the society. He will promote the social well being and will do the job for the
betterment of the society. This report will focus on the potential risks and hazards that
can harm the health and social well being of the people (Hunter and et.al., 2017). Besides
this, the report also throw light on the involvement of legislation and government in the
well being of the society. We will also carry out a risk assessment of the factors and
possible priorities and responses while dealing with a health or social condition.
P1. Potential hazard for the health and social care.
The society consists of the various sort of good and bad elements that can affect the
health and social well being of the people in the environment of an individual. The negative
factors that can be affective in the development as well as the betterment of the society are
needed to be eliminated to get better and happy society of well beings. Besides this, the factors
are needed to be identified who can affect the physical, social and mental well being of the
individual as well as the society. The people are now getting more conscience about their
personal as well as social safety along with that of their environment. Some potential hazard that
can affect the growth of health and social well being:
 Global pollution: the rise in the global pollution rate has helped the individual as well as
the society to get more and more under the threat of a catastrophe in the coming time.
The increase in the rate of pollutants in the environment whether it is air, land or water
has raised a question on the survival of the human existence. The growth in
industrialisation and deforestation has also added to this (Cleverly and Cleverley, 2017).
Thus, the adverse environmental conditions are emerging as a major hazard for health
and society.
 Terrorism: the terrorism has emerged as a major issue of concern for the social health of
the society. The terrorism is emerging as a major drawback and disaster for the society as
it is leading to large number of casualties and damage to property of people. Also, it is
spreading the social disturbances which affects the harmony, brotherhood and social well
being.
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P2. Role of legislation in social and health well being.
Legislation plays a very important role in the social and cultural well being of the society.
Usually the legislation consists of the legal body and the government who look after the citizen
of the country and the members of the society. The legislation will draft and makes the law and
rights for the individuals and look after that this rights and laws are not violated by anyone. The
legislation runs or organise various functions or drives to make the people aware of their rights
and duties that they are meant to follow. They also run or make a campaign that will help the
people to get known about their health and social well being.
Besides this, they will also look after that every citizen, in respect of gender, caste, race
and nationality gets the fundamental rights of survival and basic amenities of living. They also
provide the health and social care and help to the underprivileged and the needy people to get
through the system (Wager, Lee and Glaser, 2017). In case, the rights of an individual or society
are violated, the legislation or the government will look after the conditions and will make it sure
that the individual or society gets the rights. Apart from this, the government also draft the
policies that are been implemented and are followed by the individuals or society for the
betterment of social back grounds.
P3. Risk assessment in health and social care.
There are various risks that prevails in the society and affects the well being of the
people. The risk factors are the elements that can cause harm to people and required to be
avoided by the individual and society. The risk assessment process has the following steps:
 Step 1: Identification of Risk: in this, the potential risk factors are been identified. It
can be physical, mental, social or biological and should be avoided.
 Step 2: Deciding the target and how they get affected: Once the factors are been
identified, they are been analysed to get the effect on the target people and hoe they will
be affected from this risk factor.
 Step 3: Action taken: after the assessment is done, the preventive actions are been taken
to avoid the risk factors and protect people (Brownson, Colditz and Proctor, 2017).
 Step 4: Recording the assessment: the record is been made of the conducted
assessment in order to get any future reference in case of occurrence of the risk in near
future.
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P4. Priorities and responses
Certain priorities are been set and followed by the individual or the society to tackle
certain special conditions that are needed to be rectified and handled for health and social care.
Some cases are:
 Handling a cancer patient: the society has to tackle this condition in the most prior and
efficient manner. If a person is diagnosed with cancer he must be provided with effective
and necessary medical attention (Roman and et.al., 2017). Besides that, one can go for
the preventive measures like quitting alcohol, smoking etc. so that he can avoid getting
affected by the cancer.
 Managing an accident case: If an accident occurs, the person is required to get the
medical attention as soon as possible so that he can survive. Beside this, one can drive
slow and with caution to avoid accidents.
CONCLUSION
From the report we can conclude that the health and social well being plays a very crucial and
important role in the well being of the society. From the report, it can be concluded that the
legislation too plays a very important role in the well being of people. Besides this, from the risk
assessment we can decide the preventive measures that are needed to be taken to avoid any
casualty. Apart from this, the report focuses on how to handle various health and social issues.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
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guidance for assessment and intervention. American Psychological Association.
Cleverley, W.O. and Cleverley, J.O., 2017. Essentials of health care finance. Jones & Bartlett
Learning.
Wager, K.A., Lee, F.W. and Glaser, J.P., 2017. Health care information systems: a practical
approach for health care management. John Wiley & Sons.
Brownson, R.C., Colditz, G.A. and Proctor, E.K. eds., 2017. Dissemination and implementation
research in health: translating science to practice. Oxford University Press.
Roman, B.R. and et.al., 2017. Association of attitudes regarding overuse of inpatient laboratory
testing with health care provider type. JAMA internal medicine, 177(8), pp.1205-1207.
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